Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indicator called the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which measures momentum on a scale of zero to 100.

The most recent short interest data has been released for the 03/15/2017 settlement date, which shows a 839,083 share decrease in total short interest for Astoria Financial Corp , to 2,524,232, a decrease of 24.95% since 02/28/2017. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we here at Dividend Channel find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded.

Investors in Astoria Financial Corp saw new options become available today, for the May 19th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the AF options chain for the new May 19th contracts and identified the following put contract of particular interest.

New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYCB) (the "Company"), the holding company for New York Community Bank and New York Commercial Bank, and Astoria Financial Corporation (NYSE: AF), the holding company for Astoria...

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The most recent short interest data has been released for the 05/13/2016 settlement date, which shows a 294,790 share increase in total short interest for Astoria Financial Corp. , to 3,109,043, an increase of 10.47% since 04/29/2016.

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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 5/4/16, Astoria Financial Corp. , New York REIT Inc , and Oritani Financial Corp will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends.

Shareholders of New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYCB) ("New York Community") and Astoria Financial Corporation (NYSE: AF) ("Astoria Financial") today approved the proposed merger of the two companies.